Big Lake, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0207070, place: Big Lake CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 722 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (4.43%)
Kindergarten: 33 (4.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 352 (48.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 198 (27.42%)
College or graduate school: 107 (14.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,746 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 40 (2.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 168 (9.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 666 (38.14%)
Some college, no degree: 453 (25.95%)
Associate degree: 127 (7.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 180 (10.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 112 (6.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,059 (100%)
Never married: 428 (20.79%)
Now married, except separated: 1,193 (57.94%)
Separated: 43 (2.09%)
Total Widowed: 123 (5.97%)
Widowed Female: 100 (4.86%)
Total Divorced: 272 (13.21%)
Divorced Female: 106 (5.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (38.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,917 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 430 (22.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 659 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (7.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,534 (100%)
--With a disability: 295 (19.23%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 1,239 (80.77%)
----Percent employed: 70.4%
Population 65 years and over: 197 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (35.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,501 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,372 (54.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,086 (43.42%)
--Same county: 433 (17.31%)
--Different county: 653 (26.11%)
----Same state: 456 (18.23%)
----Different state: 197 (7.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 43 (1.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,644 (100%)
Native: 2,596 (98.18%)
--Born in United States: 2,571 (100%)
----State of residence: 984 (37.22%)
----Different state: 1,587 (60.02%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.95%)
Foreign born: 48 (1.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 48 (100%)
Europe: 28 (58.33%)
Asia: 3 (6.25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (12.5%)
Northern America: 11 (22.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,501 (100%)
English only: 2,375 (94.96%)
Language other than English: 126 (5.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 53 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 20 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,644 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,576% (97.43%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 38 (1.44%)
Danish: 7 (0.26%)
Dutch: 44 (1.66%)
English: 224 (8.47%)
French (except Basque): 188 (7.11%)
French Canadian: 27 (1.02%)
German: 453 (17.13%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.08%)
Irish: 343 (12.97%)
Italian: 47 (1.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 89 (3.37%)
Polish: 136 (5.14%)
Portuguese: 46 (1.74%)
Russian: 23 (0.87%)
Scotch-Irish: 43 (1.63%)
Scottish: 104 (3.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 46 (1.74%)
Swiss: 5 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 211 (7.98%)
Welsh: 21 (0.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 479 (18.12%)

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